Marquis of Huntley (1804 Dutch ship)
# Marquis of Huntley (1804 Dutch ship)

Marquis of Huntley was built in Holland under another name. She was taken in prize circa 1803 and became a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She made two complete voyages; with the end of the British slave trade she first traded with the Baltic and then made one voyage from Hull as a whaler in the northern whale fishery. She foundered in 1809 while returning to England from the Baltic.

## Career

Marquis of Huntley first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1804.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1804 | Hamilton | Geddes & Co. | London–Angola | LR |

1st enslaving voyage (1804–1805): Captain Hance Hamilton acquired a letter of marque on 18 July 1804. Marquis of Huntley sailed from London on 19 August 1804. She acquired captives at the Congo River and arrived on 21 March 1805 at Charleston, United States, with 381 captives. She arrived back at London on 15 July.

On 3 February 1806 a Marquis of Huntley arrived at Portsmouth from London and on her way to Africa. On 19 December, Marquis of Huntley, Allard or Allens, master, returned to Gravesend from the coast of Guinea.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1806 | Hamilton R.Marton | Geddes & Co. | London–Angola | LR |

2nd enslaving voyage (1807–1808): Captain Robert Martin acquired a letter of marque on 20 May 1807. However, Marquis of Huntley left London on 1 May. Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade; it took effect on 1 May. Marquis of Huntley had cleared Customs before 1 May and so her voyage was legal. She sailed via Portsmouth and Madeira. She arrived at Gorée and then sailed for the Gold Coast.

Marquis of Huntley started acquiring captives on 5 August 1807 at Bonny. She arrived at Dominica on 29 February 1808 with 360 captives. She had embarked 445 captives. That would imply a 24% mortality rate on the Middle Passage between Africa and the West Indies.

| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1808 | R.Morton G.Corbett Mathison | Geddes & Co. | London–Africa London–Riga | LR |
| 1809 | G.Corbett Mitchellson | Geddes & Co. Barnaby | London–Riga | LR |
| 1810 | Mitchelson | Barnaby | Hull–Greenland | LR |

Marquis of Huntley was reported in July to have been in the Davis Strait, where she had taken 14 "fish" (whales). Marquis Huntley returned with 176 tuns of whale oil. After her return from the whale fishery she sailed for the Baltic.

## Fate

Lloyd's List reported that Marquis of Huntley had been lost off Anholt while sailing from Gefle back to Hull. Marquis of Huntley, Mitchinson, master, had foundered in November; her crew were rescued.

## Citations

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Letter of Marque, pp.75–76 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
* ↑ LR (1804), Supple. pages "@", Seq.No.M73.
* ↑ Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Marquis of Huntley voyage #82473.
* 1 2 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Marquis of Huntley voyage #82474.
* ↑ Campbell (2007).
* ↑ "SHIP NEWS". 11 July 1809, Hull Packet (Hull, England) Issue: 1174.
* ↑ Coltish (c. 1842).
* ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4414. 8 December 1809. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232938.
* ↑ "Ship News". The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser. No. 1195. 5 December 1809.
